Harold Joseph

Harold "Stretch" Joseph (1968-2013) was a senior leader of The Families' Chamberlain Gangster Families (CGF) set in Los Angeles. Joseph rose through the ranks of the CGF to become its OG, and he pursued a highly unorthodox strategy when he decided to do business with the gang's traditional Ballas rivals. He failed in his attempts to kill his ambitious disciples Lamar Davis and Franklin Clinton, leading to his murder at a recreational center basketball court in 2013.

Biography
Harold Joseph was born in Baldwin Village, Los Angeles, California in 1968, and he became involved with the powerful The Families street gang. Joseph became known as "OG Stretch", and he came to lead the Chamberlain Gangster Families (CGF) set of the gang. Joseph befriended Lamar Davis and Franklin Clinton, but his reckless and selfish behavior led to hostilities developing between Joseph and Clinton. Joseph impregnated his girlfriend Renatta Sidwell before going to prison, and he was released in 2013 after a long prison term. He was eager to form a partnership with the Ballas gang, which was traditionally rivals with The Families, but an attempted drug deal with them at a Long Beach, California factory led to a shootout with the Ballas and the LAPD. Another attempted drug deal with the Ballas on Grove Street resulted in another shootout after the Ballas attempted to scam Davis and Clinton with a fake brick of cocaine. Joseph decided to have his ambitious underlings killed by having Davis sent to near-certain death in a drug deal with the Ballas at the remote Paleto Forest sawmill, but Clinton, with the help of Michael De Santa and Trevor Philips, rescued his old friends. They decided to assassinate Joseph in retaliation for his attempted murders of Davis and Clinton.

Death
Michael De Santa was tasked with assassinating Joseph, whom he had never met in person before. De Santa drove to the recreational center where Joseph was playing basketball with some Ballas gangsters and talking about his situation with Davis and Clinton. De Santa took out a sniper rifle and located Joseph from a distance, firing a shot right above his heart. Joseph was killed instantly, with his Ballas friends being taken by surprise. De Santa proceeded to flee in his car, outrunning the Ballas gangsters as they tried to hunt down Stretch's killer. His death was reported in the news as a gangland slaying.